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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Greg Goss   
    wrote:   
      
   > "J. Clarke"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article , robban@clubtelco.com   
   > >says...   
   >   
   > >> In fact, towards the end of the 19th century the traffic situation with   
   > >> horse-drawn vehicles was as bad if not worse than today. There are a few   
   > >> photographs and drawings around of grid lock in London and elsewhere.   
   > >> Road accidents were also very common. No speedometers or speed limits   
   > >> back then.   
   > >   
   > >And Christopher Reeve would have told you that horses are not   
   > >particularly safe.   
   >   
   > As could Pierre Curie's widow.   
      
   Horse travel is just as safe as any other form of transport - people   
   have died using any of them.   
      
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